liegen

A1 Verb frequency rank #380

What liegen means

Verb

to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
to lie down
to be, to lie somewhere (of flat objects, also of inpatients in a hospital; otherwise use sitzen or stehen)
to be located, to lie somewhere (of countries, towns, houses, etc.)

Forms

liegen · liegt · lag · hat gelegen (an + Dativ)

Pronunciation

liegen in a sentence

Ich mag es, auf dem Rücken zu liegen und die Wolken vorüberziehen zu sehen.

I like to lie on my back and watch the clouds drift by.

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liegen is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #380 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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